catalogue raisonn'e

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catalogue raisonn'e - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Catalogue \Cat"a*logue\, n. [F., fr. catalogus, fr. Gr. ? a
     counting up, list, fr. ? to count up; kata` down, completely
     + ? to say.]
     A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged
     methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of
     the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.
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     Card catalogue, a catalogue, as of books, having each item
        entered on a separate card, and the cards arranged in
        cases by subjects, or authors, or alphabetically.
  
     Catalogue raisonn['e][F.], a catalogue of books, etc.,
        classed according to their subjects.
  
     Syn: List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See
          List.
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